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Studio Jellyfish

lilah wild — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:23:44 +0000

A Miami Beach “fine art shoe store” that gives bright pop makeovers to footwear and handbags. Ballet flats, platform mules, and ankle-strapped pumps are meticulously handpainted with 80’s-style vamps reminiscent of Patrick Nagel and Roy Lichtenstein, and if you’ve got your eye on a clutch, grab it while you can because it looks like they sell out quickly. And if you’d rather display the ladies on your walls rather than your feet, they also do digital prints.

beinArt International Surreal Art Collective

lilah wild — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:39:15 +0000

This site’s tagline reads: “the ever-expanding online gallery of surrealist, psychedelic, esoteric, outsider, fantastic, toy, lowbrow, comic, erotic and visionary artists.” And there is really not much more to add to that, other than this is an incredible place to kill an hour or two while browsing through their 500-and-growing roster of artists, their works available in art books and limited edition prints.

Royal Tiki

lilah wild — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:51:42 +0000

An impressive array of tikis in various forms: masks, statues, signs pointing the way to the nearest tropical bar, and a half-joking page of “tikis sold by the foot” for budget-constrained customers to get the biggest bang for the buck. Also bamboo lanterns, Easter Island lawn ornaments, and random kitschy nautical decor bits.

Renegade Handmade

lilah wild — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:48:08 +0000

A Chicago brick-and-mortar that grew out of the Renegade Craft Fair and currently features over 300 artists. Clothes and accessories, jewelry, artwork, stationery, housewares, bath and body goods, stuffed animals, indie style in full swing through cute animals, vintage yearnings, cupcakes, and filthy-minded crossstitchery. Thanks, Miko!

Finders Creepers

lilah wild — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:02:21 +0000

A Des Moines art gallery specializing in the dark and morbid. Shameless pulp, unsettling black and white photography, surrealistic cartooning, the styles are diverse with a welcoming vibe towards outsider artists. Besides signed prints, they also showcase other horrific wares: monster masks, horror movie tees and toys, scream-filled pop art pendants, body jewelry that leans towards the demonic, evil dolls, and if you’re in the area, the in-person items include such delights as a “vintage case full of dead stuff.”

Vandoll Clothing Co.

lilah wild — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:18:04 +0000

A tiny line of rockabilly tees and posters adorned with pinup chicks, sporting tattoos and up-to-no-good expressions. There’s also a little bit of rehabbed OOAK-wear and the jewelry page eschews any sparkle in favor of brass knuckles and assault weapons.

Dr Grordbort’s Infallible Aether Oscillators

lilah wild — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:59:44 +0000

Rayguns! With names like The Unnatural Selector, The Manmelter, and The Moon Hater Death Ray, they’re shiny articulated weapons of retro-futuristic design (one of them a Victorian pistol), made limited edition and arriving nestled within a velvet-lined case, accompanied by crafting tools and various implements. Ammo is sold separately and rather elusive.

Museum Store Company

lilah wild — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:11:38 +0000

Decor and adornment replicated from art and artifacts around the world: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Hindu, Asian, African, Aztec, medieval, and a touch of abstract modern are scattered throughout pages of historically-inspired jewelry and housewares. Loads of statuary from Buddha to Beethoven, the games include mummy bridge decks, the gadgetry runs towards sundials and hourglasses, and Frank Lloyd wright pops up in the earrings. Thanks Neil!

Strange Moon Art

lilah wild — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:12:24 +0000

Art dolls fashioned from clay, wood, and found objects – tatterclad witches and gypsies with pensive faces, grave and reflective within gauzy veils and thick falls of hair. All are made one-of-a-kind, and there are also ornaments, trophy heads, and paganesque paintings.

Frame Fetish

lilah wild — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:23:43 +0000

A picture-framing service where you send in your images and they come back in a custom-fit display. The themes include auto flames, tiki bamboo, pinup curves, coffins and crosses, whatever inspirations jump out of the picture to be captured in a complementary border. And if you have nothing to send, they also offer prints from Shag, Robert Williams, and a handful of modern surrealists.

Nik Markovina

lilah wild — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:01:39 +0000

Sculpture that sharpens the motifs of medieval goth into strange jewels and decor pieces, with fantastic digressions into the ocean. Boxes like cathedrals for tiny dragons, stingrays smoothed into silver spikes, candlesticks where the light is steadied by wings and claws, eroded skull faces that look like a handful of biker rings left underwater for half a century, beautifully weird insectile fish. There’s also artwork which continues the darkness but in a much more colorful, pop-art way. No prices but you’re welcome to contact for purchasing info. Thanks, Jannis!

Hot Pink Pistol

lilah wild — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:26:20 +0000

Cute little 50’s dresses given the psychotic embellishments of sailboats, innocent animals, and deceased rap stars handpainted onto the skirts: a leopard wrap dress from which David Bowie glowers in his Labyrinth hair, Tupac contemplative from within a white leopard capsleever, a purple sheath livened up with the visage of Prince. Suitcases also bear this distinctive handiwork, so do canvases. Custom welcome.

Old Fashion Halloween

lilah wild — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:54:00 +0000

Vintage and vintage-style goodies for those who prefer to celebrate Hallows’ Eve with a retro touch – or update year-round goth decor with spiderweb table runners. Tons and tons of party decorations, including some actual antiques, and pages for jack o’lanterns, Day of the Dead, and fortunetelling. The original art section includes Kerrykate dolls, Haunting Memories glass skull ornaments, handpainted dancing skeleton umbrellas, and Queen of Hearts sweetly morbid wedding plates, and the Cards section is a goldmine of old-world imagery chock full of black cats and flying witches. Absolutely loaded with great finds for the haunt-minded home.